From Wikipedia: The procedural framework consists of sessions proposed and scheduled each day by attendees, mostly on-site, typically using white boards or paper taped to the wall. This approach and has been dubbed to play on words, The Open Grid approach. Session times and spaces are not finalized until the day of the event.
FooCamps and BarCamps are based on a simplified variation of Open Space Technology (OST), relying on the self-organizing character of OST. Other than in classical conference formats, BarCamps and OST rely on the passion and the responsibility of the participants, putting them into the driver’s seat.
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Hope I’m not too late, just got wind of this whole thing.
I’ve been working on a distributed file system (Hadoop) operation that I’d like to share and get input about.
I propose a Google Wave Session. I don’t have wave (anyone with an invite?) but I know Abraham has already done some work with it, maybe he will lead us to enlightenment….
While I’m by no means an expert, I’d like to see a discussion based session on RSS Cloud, pubsubhubbub, Gnip and similar real time notification mechanisms.
If there is sufficient interest, I may be willing to put together a session on the rather broad topic of Avionics Software development and the processes used to help ensure safety.
I’ll have to consult with the marketing people at work to see if I’m allowed to bring in any sort of interesting visuals though…
(please post on here if you are interested)
I could probably do an intro to html5/css3 techniques you can use today, or an intro to Rails, Radiant or Joomla, if there’s interest.
The BC2MKE website was far superior to this one when it came to discussing and arranging sessions. You could read descriptions and vote on them for example. Is it possible on this site?
Right now it feels hard to convince people to attend when the session plan is either a mystery or just a big long comment thread.
@blake hall, I’d totally be interested in discussing notification, as well as the design behind my yet unreleased global notification system.
As far as sessions go, I can do the leg work for a quick pgp/gpg signing if there is interest, or talk about version control, taming gnu autotools, and well I could go on, but basically anything when it comes to setting up/maintain open source programs and their build systems.
Dear Grant,
Rule #1: No bitching. If you want to volunteer to do the web site next year, we will love you for it, but for now, no complaining…
Rule #2: Show up at the opening of BarCamp, pitch your session idea, and see what kind of interest it gets…
Rule #3: There’s always a workaround.
Rule #4: Let Chaos Reign!
@arlen I’d love to get a rundown on HTML5/CSS3!
I was thinking about session ideas and one that I’d like to attend/help give is OS-specific productivity/hints/tips that are easy to over-look. I’m primarily a Mac user and some things that I use that a lot of people probably don’t are AppleScript/Automator/Terminal/etc. It might be a good way to learn some tips and show other people since it’s not very often that you look into how the OS does something unless you have a need. Seeing other people is a good catalyst to speed up those discoveries.
@arlen I’d definitely go to the HTML5 session.
I’m also gathering information for a session (tentatively titled $timulu$ for Creativity”) on a federal grant the Cultural Alliance/Creative Coalition received for “creative-class” business development. Their people can’t come this weekend, but I think we can still have a conversation about goals and the like.
@grant I hear ya too, but it’s too late to kvetch about it now. The session plan is always a mystery–it’s supposed to be. We’ll be fine!
Sorry for what seems like it is probably a dumb question, but is there a way to see who has registered and what topics they’re interested in hearing and/or presenting?
Jim K, well, sort of… we have not really published the list of who has registered. As for topics, the comments on the pages of this site are sort of it…
OK, @Ryan and @Mike, consider “Fore[or is it Drop-?]shadowing HTML5 and CSS3″ pitched:
“They’re the ‘newly discovered territory’ for the web. How can you get started with them, what parts are ’safe” to use? What works, and what happens when it doesn’t? Figure out if you want to avoid the these new waters completely, just stick your toes in, or dive in completely.”
I’d love some beginning sessions on Drupal or Joomla and other CMS.
I’m also curious how everyone manages all the multiple channels of Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Flickr. This kind of dovetails with what Ashe was suggesting.
I will be at camp sans laptop and sans iPhone–just Leica point and shoot. This should be interesting.
VMware for Virtualization
Perhaps on IP-Addressing and reasons for Sub-netting
I can do a presentation on jQuery if people are interested too. Very cool stuff!
I’ll propose a session in which we brainstorm the act of brainstorming. I’m (seriously) serious. I spent the afternoon doing research to seed the brainstorm.
This in the spirit of reflexive systems, letting “Chaos Reign”, spread best practices for creativity, and because I’m genuinely interested in the topic.
@Daniel Poynter: I would be more than happy to have you sit in on my session. I think I have something slightly different in mind than your own works and research (yes, I’ve read a little about it). I’m an Creative Writing major, so my interests lie more in the genre theory part of things, rather than the information technology side of things. I’m sure your input will most definitely bring lively debate to the session, though, so please do come.
I’d like to do an introductory session on setting up a website with Joomla and/or WordPress including cool plug-ins that are avaialable and creating your own themes.
Sunday schedule starting to fill up: here
15 people brainstormed the act of brainstorming. I just got done synthesizing it. Here is the final article: How to Brainstorm.
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